How many people today grab a takeaway coffee cup from the local cafe to drink on the go? We don’t know, but the number must be enormous.. Most every one of the above have a plastic top that will last 100s of years. Some cafes still use plastic cups that last a similar time. Is 10 minutes of coffee worth 100s of years of trash?
These items can be seen littering our gutters and on our streets all over the place. If they were all cardboard, they would still be littered, but they would, at least, be gone in a short time.
They do not need to be made of plastic.
On the way home from the gym last week, a distance of about 1 km (1/2 mile), I counted the items of plastic litter on the curb as I walked. In that short distance I counted 63 pieces of plastic litter. Plastic drink bottles, bottle tops, candy wrappers, plastic film, polystyrene fragments etc. That seemed to be a lot to me. I guess it is a generational thing. Our parents would have been horrified to see that amount, whereas it seems to go unnoticed by our youth of today. In another 20 years how many pieces will there be on this stretch, -- 200? What will today’s youth think of that new amount then when they are older? Will their children be so readily accepting of a higher amount of litter? Scotland opens consultation on single-use cups charge
Posted on August 28, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
The Scottish government is considering introducing a GBP 0.25 charge on all single-use beverage cups, including biodegradable or bio-based plastics
Source: Scotland opens consultation on single-use cups charge | Sustainable Plastics
The cabinet is proposing to introduce a charge of at least GBP 0.25 (€0.30) for all disposable cups, regardless of material. The consultation highlights that the charge would also apply to cups made of biodegradable material or bio-based plastics.
“While it can be argued that these are more sustainable than traditional plastics, they are still single-use and present their own sustainability challenges including a lack of recycling infrastructure and frequency of littering,” the consultation text reads.
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